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A Miracle of St Zenobius: 1107

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Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): Italian Art 14th-16th centuries

Titles

A Miracle of St Zenobius

Maker(s)

Painter: Domenico Veneziano (Domenico di Bartolomeo da Venezia)

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Notes

History note: Church of Sta. Lucia dei Magnoli, Florence; Joseph Fuller of Chelsea, perhaps bought in Florence with other Italian pictures

Legal notes

Professor Frederick Fuller (1819-1909), received 1923

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Fuller, Frederick

Dating

Circa 1442 CE - 1448 CE

Note

Related in conception and composition to the bronze relief of the same subject by Ghiberti on the tomb chest of St Zenobius in the cathedral at Florence, executed 1432-42

This and no. 1106 come from the predella of a signed altarpiece

School or Style

Italian
Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Egg tempera

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)
Frame Depth 7 cm Height 31.9 cm Width 36 cm
Panel(wood) Height 28.6 cm Width 32.5 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1107
Primary reference Number: 355
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 8 November 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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